Tuscany Trip Itineraries

Top 10 Cheap Restaurants in Italy

Destination(s): Florence

Want to sample some of the best Italian cuisine without taking out a second mortgage? Use our top 10 cheap restaurants in Italy as a guide to plan your meals while in the country. La Colombina features delicious fare from the northern and southern parts of Italy. We prefer the sea bass ravioli and the daily fresh fish specials are not to be missed. Pastarito Pizzarito is a chain restaurant with locations all over the country, and you can select your own ingredients for your pasta or pizza dish. Lorenzaccio has a wood burning pizza oven and we highly suggest you try the calzone, but you'll need luck and a huge appetite to finish it. Anice Stellato features traditional Venetian fare and is popular with the locals. It is rather hard to find, but it's well worth the effort. Make sure to sample the fare at these delicious yet reasonable restaurants on your Italian adventure.
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Pastarito Pizzarito

Vinaino di Parte Guelfa

A sandwich shop full of all the delights of Tuscany. From prosciutto crudo to salame piccante to fresh pecorino to yummy pomodori secchi (sun-dried tomatoes). Enjoy a simple panino(sandwich) of mortadella and cheese or add as much as you want to your favorite sandwich. Ask Luca and Leonardo what they suggest if you just can't decide. Locals frequent this sandwich shop from 1pm- until 3pm. So if there is a line just wait, they make sandwiches very fast and with great care. For drink, try their cool white wine for only 1euro.

Lorenzaccio (Il)

The specialties consist of the wood-burning oven pizza presented to you hot right out of the brick oven. Another favorite is the Calzone which is as large as your head, literally. It is an enticing adventure in your mouth with so much mozzarella and ricotta. The PizzaLorenzaccio created by my friend, Michelangelo, topped with the famous prosciutto crudo, sun-dried tomatoes, arugala, black olives, mozzarella. By the same name but an insalata(salad), InsalataLorenzaccio is another favorite, consisting of prosciutto of parma, fresh tomatoes, mouth-watering mozzarella, black olives and lettuce of course. It really is refreshing and full of flavor. Perfect for a hot summer day. Topping it with fresh olive oil and red wine vinegar, I wouldn't have it any other way.
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